A familiar story well told.

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2003)

Minor spoilers.
'28 Days Later' doesn't break new ground. Several pictures (Romero's Dead series, Omega Man, etc.) have discussed the exact same plot, which is some type of contagion causes people to become non-human and kill humans.
There are also some obvious plot holes such as; the security at the lab was clearly inadequate for that type of virus, the reaction by armed forces would have been faster, the incubation time of the virus was so short that it couldn't spread across the world (they acknowledged that possibility), the infected did not attack each other, and the main character, Jim, would have died of thirst before waking up.
All that being said, I felt that the pace was kinetic and the characters were believably human (even if there were a couple of 'YOU IDIOT!' moments).
The writing was a strong point, the people discussed what would come to my mind, and the sets, direction, and camera were good.
To sum it up, I was entertained throughout the whole movie, which is why I rated it 8 out of 10.